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🎥 Executive Presence, Trust Engineering and Personal Branding for Client-Facing Professionals
Free Resources here: dale-carnegie.co.jp/freebundles
My Point of View
In business, first impressions and successful personal branding are not accidental.
Be intentional about the image, energy and credibility we bring into the room. People are immediately forming a view about our professionalism, judgement and likely value.
🎩 Know the Rule to Break the Rule
20. Q: What’s the rule for keeping the crease in your trousers?
Buy a home trouser pressing machine. I got mine from Corby of Windsor and when you get home, press your trousers to restore the front and rear trouser creases. After pressing, hang the trousers vertical if possible, using a clip, rather than folding them. The beauty of the trouser press is the time you save not having to iron those creases back in. A sharp crease front and back looks very elegant and you look well put together.
👔 The 4 Vs of Executive Presence:
Visual - Do I look prepared, credible and appropriate for the situation?
Vocal - Does my voice tone sound calm and confident?
Verbal - Are my comments clear, concise and beneficial?
Value - Am I making a useful difference to the people and business around me?
🎯 Today’s Executive Presence Intention
Today’s meetings: Lunch at Ruby Jacks, Akasaka with Michael Clemons YouMeWe NPO Founder
The impression I wanted to create: Michael is a sharp dresser so I wanted to keep up.
The Impression Construction Elements
Suit: Custom blue suit with a window pane parttern, notch lapels, Barchetta breast pocket, 35mm double cuffs, flap pockets, side vents.
Shirt: Custom pink candy stripe Winchester style shirt with white collar and with white English Cuffs. Abbeyhorn Holme 1749 horn collars stays from Kirby Allison Dallas 2007.
Tie: Fermo Fossati Binago 1871 burgundy Grenadine and Shantung stripe tie in a Windor knot.
Cufflinks: Hot pink cufflinks from Hawson Huizhou 2017.
Pocket Square: Isaia red pocketsquare in a reverse puff. Stabiliser from Kuska Fabrics Kyoto 1936.
Watch: Vintage 37mm rectangular steel case Longines Saint-Imier 1832 S30 EFCo which has a black face on the dial and a steel strap.
Fragrance: Bleu de Chanel Paris 2010
👞 High Shine Shoes: The high shine shoes were black Pollini San Mauro Pascoli 1953 Derby wingtips and a decorative design on the medallion.
✨ Today’s Featured Detail: Candy pink striped shirt. This makes a strong background colour that makes you stand out. However, I needed a more muted tie to not create competition between them
One Rule to Remember: One item has to be the star and matching the strong shirt with the right tie needs some thought to get it right.
👉 Executive Presence Coaching in Tokyo
I coach leaders in Executive Presence, Leadership, Communication, Presentations and Sales.
For coaching or training in Tokyo, contact me at greg.story@dalecarnegie.com.
We have a bonus for you packed with free resources—one that’ll make you go, ‘Yep, this is exactly what I wanted.’ Head to the link now. Dale-Carnegie.co.jp/en/about/freebundles
🌐 dale-carnegie.co.jp 📑 Free white papers: bit.ly/4nbN0pj 📘 Free e-books: bit.ly/42MbKMK
✍️ Dr. Greg Story — President, Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training. Author of Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery, Japan Presentations Mastery and Japan Leadership Mastery.
🎥 Executive Presence, Trust Engineering and Personal Branding for Client-Facing Professionals
Free Resources here: dale-carnegie.co.jp/freebundles
My Point of View
In business, first impressions and successful personal branding are not accidental.
Be intentional about the image, energy and credibility we bring into the room. People are immediately forming a view about our professionalism, judgement and likely value.
🎩 Know the Rule to Break the Rule
20. Q: What’s the rule for keeping the crease in your trousers?
Buy a home trouser pressing machine. I got mine from Corby of Windsor and when you get home, press your trousers to restore the front and rear trouser creases. After pressing, hang the trousers vertical if possible, using a clip, rather than folding them. The beauty of the trouser press is the time you save not having to iron those creases back in. A sharp crease front and back looks very elegant and you look well put together.
👔 The 4 Vs of Executive Presence:
Visual - Do I look prepared, credible and appropriate for the situation?
Vocal - Does my voice tone sound calm and confident?
Verbal - Are my comments clear, concise and beneficial?
Value - Am I making a useful difference to the people and business around me?
🎯 Today’s Executive Presence Intention
Today’s meetings: Lunch at Ruby Jacks, Akasaka with Michael Clemons YouMeWe NPO Founder
The impression I wanted to create: Michael is a sharp dresser so I wanted to keep up.
The Impression Construction Elements
Suit: Custom blue suit with a window pane parttern, notch lapels, Barchetta breast pocket, 35mm double cuffs, flap pockets, side vents.
Shirt: Custom pink candy stripe Winchester style shirt with white collar and with white English Cuffs. Abbeyhorn Holme 1749 horn collars stays from Kirby Allison Dallas 2007.
Tie: Fermo Fossati Binago 1871 burgundy Grenadine and Shantung stripe tie in a Windor knot.
Cufflinks: Hot pink cufflinks from Hawson Huizhou 2017.
Pocket Square: Isaia red pocketsquare in a reverse puff. Stabiliser from Kuska Fabrics Kyoto 1936.
Watch: Vintage 37mm rectangular steel case Longines Saint-Imier 1832 S30 EFCo which has a black face on the dial and a steel strap.
Fragrance: Bleu de Chanel Paris 2010
👞 High Shine Shoes: The high shine shoes were black Pollini San Mauro Pascoli 1953 Derby wingtips and a decorative design on the medallion.
✨ Today’s Featured Detail: Candy pink striped shirt. This makes a strong background colour that makes you stand out. However, I needed a more muted tie to not create competition between them
One Rule to Remember: One item has to be the star and matching the strong shirt with the right tie needs some thought to get it right.
👉 Executive Presence Coaching in Tokyo
I coach leaders in Executive Presence, Leadership, Communication, Presentations and Sales.
For coaching or training in Tokyo, contact me at greg.story@dalecarnegie.com.
We have a bonus for you packed with free resources—one that’ll make you go, ‘Yep, this is exactly what I wanted.’ Head to the link now. Dale-Carnegie.co.jp/en/about/freebundles
🌐 dale-carnegie.co.jp 📑 Free white papers: bit.ly/4nbN0pj 📘 Free e-books: bit.ly/42MbKMK
✍️ Dr. Greg Story — President, Dale Carnegie Tokyo Training. Author of Japan Business Mastery, Japan Sales Mastery, Japan Presentations Mastery and Japan Leadership Mastery.
